Improvement in plows



E. BALL.

Plow.

No. 46,321 Patented Feb. I4. 12565.

lm mlmml UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

` v E. BALL. 0F NORTH MANCHESTER, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN' PLows.

AQpeeit'ientioii (infiniti-br part of Letten Patent Xo. 46.32I, lated February 14,166.3.

'o all trlwm i! muy mnt-ern Beit kiioivn that 1.1i. iALL,ot`Xorth )Ianehester. iii the county ot' 'al-ash and Siate ot' Indiana. have invented a new and Improved ing is n full.l clear, and exact description thereot'. hieh \vill enable those .skilled in tlul art to i niake :ii-.d use the saine, ret'renee being had to the accompanying drawings, forming pai-tot".

this Specification, in hien- Figure 1 is a side vieiv ot' in v invention: Fig. L'. a horizontal Set'tion ot the saine. taken in the line .r I. Fig. 1: Fig. :i transverse .seetion ofi the saine, taken in the line `i/ y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters` ol' reference ind'eaie like parte.

This invention relates io :in improvement in that elass of plon's in ivliieh a cast-iron benin is t-iiiployed; and it consists in casting .said beain ot' eoneave forni at its hind side, as hereinafter tullv shown and described. ivhoreb)` .strength g ith lightness is obtained. and the point ot" haie 'and tnoltllioaid attached to the beaiii ivilli greater facility than hitherto.

'1`heheani.\ is east in oinpit-t'e and ofeni veil torni.I the front pari. n, being slightl)` eoneave :it itsuppersurfnte ina longiiulinal direi-tion. :.iitl rounded in .seinieiieular torni at its ii-.ir partos .'slioivn at l1, and then extending donniviird and forward,asshown ate, the beaux gradually increasing in thickness from the front of Il to the loivei` end of t. The beziui is also of enrved form in its transverse sectionras shown in Figs. :ind 3, the pai t a being about otseinicircular forni, as shown in Fig. 3, the eoneave i beingr at the land side. The rearand lower part of the beani is of .straight torni at a portion of f its eonvex side, as shoivii in Fig. at d., and thisl straight portion has the mold-board Il and .shoe C seenred to it b v bolts (1*. the nuts being :it the concave iside ot the benin.

The landside I) is .secured to the beain by a dovetnil, e, at its front end. as .shown in Fig. 2, Said dmetail being lornied b v :i V-shaped groove :it the front ot' the beannanu having the traint end ofthe lantlsitle beveled to tit into said groove. its renriiait being bolted to :i tlniige,f, east ivith the beani :it its rear part.

By this .siuiple arrangement I obtain a castiron benin ofgieat .strength and lig'litiiess.;nd one ivliieli admits ofthe .share and lantlside bef ing secured to it ivitli the greatest iaeilitv.

I ('.lniiii as iieiv and desire to .seeiire b v Letters lntentl. A east-iron plouvbeaiii ofourved forni longitudinall'v and transversely.and theloner and i rear part having :i straight portion or .surface furthe attaehinent ot'the sharennd niold-board, substantially :is .shown and deseribed.

' Attat'hing the landside 1l tothe bcaui b v f niezins ofthe dovetnil r .it iis front end and a bolt pas-.sing through the land ide.a|nl a flange,

f, at the rear ot' the benin, as set forth.

E. BALL.

i i i t l l l i \\'itnesses:

J. C. KELLY, C. W. BALL. 

